Combined hand seed-drill and cultivator.



No. 697,|9l. Patented Apr. 8, |902.

' H. K. &. H. A. BACON. COMBINED HAND SEED DRILL AND CULTIVATDB.

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No. 697,!EM. Patented Apr. 8, |902.

H. K. & H. A. BACDN.

COMBINED HAND SEED DRILL AND CULTIVATDR.

(Application led May 13, 1901.)

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(No Model.)

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HENRY K. BACON AND HIRAM A. `BACON, OF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

COllllBlNED HAND SEED-DRILL AND CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,191, dated April.8, 1902.

Application filed May 13l 1901. Serial No. 59,911. (No model.)

T0 all whom 2215 may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY K. BACON and IIIRAM A. BACON, citizens ofI[he United States, residing at Pontiac, county of Oakland, State ofMichigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in aOombined Hand Seed-Drill and Cultivator; and we declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to a combined hand seed-drill and cultivator andthemechauism for feeding the seed from the hopper to the delivery-chute,and has for its obj ectimprovements in that class of agriculturalimplements intended to be used for drilling or sowing seeds and forcultivating or stirring the ground.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the implement. Fig. 2is a perspective of the seed-gage which adapts the drill to variouskinds of seeds. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the regulating-slide usedwith the seed-gage. Its function is to vary the amount of seed sown.Fig. 4 is a perspective of the agitator for working the seed through thehopper-throat to the distributing apparatus. Fig. 5 is a verticalcross-section of the hopper and apparatus for regulating the feed. Fig.6 is a perspective of the forcing-blade.

Fig. 7 is perspective of the drive-wheel. Fig.

S is a perspective of the drive-wheel, forcing-blade, seed-gage, andregulating-slide in their proper relation to each other. Fig. 9 is theguide-block which carries the end of the forcing-blade and engages itwith the driving-wheel.

The implement has a rectangular frame A O, mounted on two wheels B C,which are placed tandem. The rear wheelBis the driving-wheel, and it isprovided with a number of pins or lugs l), (three are shown in Fig. 7,)which are arranged concentric to the axle and serve to engage againstthe projections c c on areciprocating slide D, Figs. 6 and 8, thatengages in the feed apparatus and is employed to work or force the seedregularly through the seed-gage. (See Fig. S.) The slide may be called aforce-feed slide, designatingit with reference to the purposefor whichit is employed. It is recprocated by the rotation of the pins @whichsuccessively wipe against the faces c and c and give to the slide a repciprocating motion that is more rapid than would be the reciprocatingmotion produced by a crank engagement. The end of the slide is carriedon a guide-block d, secured to the frame A.

The hopper H is mounted on the'frame A and contracts downward to a sideopening 72, in which is inserted the edge of a seed-gage e, as shown inthe drawings. The gage is rotary and is journaled on a vertical axis e'.The feed-gage may be polygonal or' of any other convenient form and isprovided with passages adapted to various seeds. Its vertical Walls arestraight and of any suitable number, and through each Vertical wall isan opening, which, as seen in Fig. 2, has the shape ot' a notch. Thenotch or opening ou each side is of a size proper for some one of thedifferent sizes of seeds to be sown. For example, the notch 3 is of asize suitable for the largest size of seed sown, and the notch S is of asize suitable for the smallest seeds and other notches for seedsintermediate. Opposite each seed notch or passage and on that side ofthe gage which comes uppermost in the assembled im plem ent are othernotches, one of which is seen at 9 of Fig. S, and these are arranged toengage a lug 9n (seen in Fig. 5) and prevent the gage from rotationafter it has been once brought toits working position.

In order that the position of the gage may be changed, the verticaljournal on which the gage is pivoted engages through' a slot e2 in thebase-plate E and is held by a thumbnut e3. The nut may be loosened, thegage withdrawn from its position adjacent to the opening h. The gage maythen be turned on its axis and moved back again to its former position,another notch engaging on the lug 9% (See Fig. 5.) j

Under the hopper and extending under the opening h in the base-plate F.is a depression h', in which is placed a slide f2, Fig. 3. This slideprojects under the edge of the polygonal seed-gage and forms a regulatorto the seed IOD notch or passage. By moving this slide in or out thepassage is lengthened or shortened, thereby Varying the amount of seedsown without changing the other dimensions of the notch or passage,Figs. 5 and 8. is held in position by a thuin'b-screwj. This property ofvarying the amount of seed sown by vlengthening or shortening thepassage without changingits other dimensions admits ofthe usage o f arelatively larger passageway and materially facilitates the sowing, es-

pecially of the more diliicult and irregular varieties of seeds.

` The feed-slide D has one end flattened and arranged to be disposedhorizontally with respect to the hopper, and it has upon the edge lyingnext the4 seed-gage one or more notches,

' in front of the seed-passage and urges the seed 'through the followingnotch allows another bunch of seed to drop to p lace in the openingofthe passage,` ready to be acted upon by the return movement of thenger. This materially facilitates the sowing of light and irregularseeds that do not unaided move readilyy to an opening. The slidereciprocatesY with the notches directly in front of the seed-passage,and the'seeds, acted on by gravity, the pressure ot' seeds behind, andthe reciprocation of the slide, are regularly fed through theseed-passage in the seed-gage into the spout F.

In the mouth ofthe hopper over the outletopening his a guard g, that hassomewhat the shape of a shelf projecting inward over the opening h. Thisserves to keep the weight of the seeds olf from that part of the seedwhich is passing directly through the seedgage and prevents clogging atthis point and facilitates the even distribution of the seed and moreespecially those of irregular size and shape.

An agitator a is hung on a pin a', the end of which projects into thespace under the guard g and is bent downward' at its lower end so thatit projects into and engages in one of the notches 'of the slide D. Theswinging motion produced by the reciprocati'on of the slide D preventsthe seed clogging in the throat leading under the guard g.

The seeds drop from the seed-passage in the seed-gage into the chutefand are deposited behind the point or furrow-opener 7c and cov- TheslidefZ' ered by the drag m, the drive-wheel following and pressing theearth over the seeds.

Invthe combination of drill and cultivator (see Fig. l) the front wheelC with the casting o, to which it is journaled, form a lsimplesingle-wheel cultivator and the front support of the combination.Thehind wheel B is the rearsupport of the combination and also acts asseed-roller and drive-wheel of the drill part of the combination. In thecombination the free ends of the bed-pieces A rest upon or are carriedunder the casting O and are secured in position by bolts passing throughthe bed -pieces and casting. The points gained by this combination aresimplicity and ease, by which the parts are combined or detached, and nospecial or objectionable modification is required in either the drill orcultivator.

What we claim isl. In a seed-drill, the combination of a hopper, apassage leading from said hopper, and a. slide adapted to reciprocate insaid hopper at one side of the opening to said passage said slide beingprovided with a notch adjacent to said opening.

2. In a seed-drill, the combination of a hopper, a seed-passage leadingfrom saidhopper, a slide adapted to reciprocate in said hopper at oneside of the opening to said passage, said slide being provided adjacentto said openingwith a notch having outwardly-diverging walls.

3. In a seed-drill, the combination of a hopper, a seed-passage leadingfrom said hopper, a slide adapted to reciprocate in said hopper at oneside of the opening to said passage, said slide being provided with anotch adjacent to said opening, and a seed-agitator engaging with saidslide and adapted to be actuated by the movement thereof.

4. In a seed-drill, the combination of a hopper, a seed-passage leadingfrom said hopper, a slide adapted to reciprocate in said hopper at oneside of the opening to said passage, said slide being provided with anotch adjacent to said opening, and a seed-agitator engaging in saidnotch. i.

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5. In a seed-drill, the combination of a hop- I per, a horizontalseed-passage leading from said hopper, a slide adapted to reciprocate insaid hopper at one side of the opening to said passage, said slide beingprovided with a notch adjacent to said opening, and a1ongitudinally-adjustable bottom to said pas-`

